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the repetition of similar vowel sounds in a line of poetry.
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Fighting for the one that I love and the one that I truly need. |
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the repetiton of similar consonant sounds in a line of poetry.
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I'm at war with the love of my life
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a comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"
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Cause my love is a soldier and my heart is a grenade |
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a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
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your love's like a nuclear weapon |
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the repeating of words, sounds, or phrases for effect
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At war, at war, at war, at war, at war, I'm at war |
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the associations and feelings a word calls to mind
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To Mrs. Ceplikas, the inactive student sitting around in the cafeteria is relaxed. To Greg, the inactive student sitting around in the cafeteria is lazy.
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the dictionary definition of a word
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HOUSE: a building in which people live; residence for human beings |
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two people talking
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Cat, if you go outdoors, you must walk in the snow
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Outdoors the wild winds blow, Mistress and dark is the night. |
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words or phrases that appeal to the five senses
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green leaves,
stench of a skunk,
bright morning |
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a poem that tells a story |
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A rhyme between two words in the same line
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Bunny! You are not very funny!
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words that sound like the noise they describe
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RATTLE!
SIZZLE!
HISS! |
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giving human characteristics to non-human things
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wee skipping high-heeled flames
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the pattern of end rhymes in a poem
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? A
Thou art more lovely and more temperate. B
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. A
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.B |
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| a grouping of lines in a poem |
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